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March 19 2002

This is the House response to the Senate maritime
security bill passed at the end of the last term of Congress and mirrors it in many respects. It calls for port
and facility vulnerability assessments, catastrophic emergency planning,
vessel and facility antiterrorism plans, transportation security cards, establishment of
maritime antiterrorism teams, foreign port assessments, and development of
an antiterrorism cargo identification and screening system for containerized
cargo. It would also mandate installation of automatic identification
system (AIS) equipment on various vessels operating in U.S. waters. The
bill would authorize financial assistance for enhanced facility
security to implement a maritime antiterrorism plan approved by the
Secretary of Transportation.